Save $150 on American Airlines Flights to Argentina

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I just received an email from American Airlines offering me $150 off any one-way or roundtrip flight from the United States to Argentina, Brazil or Chile. Since I’m not going to be able to use it, I’m posting it here in the hopes that someone else can take advantage of it. The promotion code is: BJPTS58GR769 … Read more

Pecan Pie and Thanksgiving Dinner in Buenos Aires

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Unfortunately this year, it seems that the number of Thanksgiving dinner options in Buenos Aires are somewhat limited. While there have been a number of open expat events over the past few years, this year’s options seem more limited to the few restaurants that are offering turkey dinners. Here’s a short list: The American Club … Read more

Argentina Entry Fee Required At All Points of Entry

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Currently, the reciprocal Argentina entry fee for citizens of the United States, Canada and Australia is only required on flights into Ezeiza and Aeroparque airports. We wrote about how that entry fee must be paid in advance as of October 31, 2012 at AEP and as of December 28, 2012 at EZE. New regulations just … Read more

Get Rid of Google Argentina

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Not interested in using Google Argentina for your searches? Or getting tired that your search results keep switching to Spanish? Here’s a great tip… Simply go to www.google.com/ncr That /ncr on the end stand for “no country redirect” and will send you back to the mail Google.com home page. It will also be saved in … Read more

Thanksgiving Turkey (and Inflation) Time

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Time to order your Thanksgiving turkey! That’s right, Thanksgiving comes early this year and is next week on November 22, 2012. There’s not a lot of options for turkey in Buenos Aires, so we of course went back to our old standby, La Granja Converso Delicateses. Luckily, their turkeys are organic and free-range, and are actually … Read more

Not So Subtle Marketing

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So, Quilmes has a new 6.9% alcohol beer that they’re marketing.  The new name? Quilmes Night 69 – because you never know what might happen after a 6-pack of this. Anyone try it yet? In other news, I found a one liter can of Asahi Super Dry in Chinatown for only $30 pesos yesterday. I … Read more

Great Date Cafes in Buenos Aires

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Meeting for a coffee is a dating classic. Personally, I do not suggest meeting at your favorite café straight away just in case things do not go as well as you hope. Here are a few great date cafes for a casual encounter and, no, they did not pay me to write this. 🙂 Entertainment … Read more